Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 08/21/2009(USA)
Release Date: 11/24/2009
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children, Scatological Humor
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
A young boy living in a cookie-cutter suburb gets hit on the head with a rainbow-colored rock that grants wishes to anyone who holds it in this
family-oriented
fantasy comedy from
Spy Kids director
Robert Rodriguez. All the houses in Black Falls look exactly the same, and everyone who lives in this suburban Shangri-la works for Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated. A highly profitable company thanks to their latest invention, Mr. Black's Black Box -- an all-in-one communication device that's revolutionized the technological landscape -- Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated also employs the parents of 11-year-old
Toe Thompson. But
Toe isn't entirely sold on the concept of this corporate conglomerate; all he wants is to make some new friends, and that wish comes true after
Toe is struck in the head by a mysterious rainbow-colored rock that falls right out of the clear blue sky. A magical stone that puts Mr. Black's Black Box to shame,
Toe's rock possesses the power to grant wishes. Now, as the rock begins to change hands, Black Falls is overrun by miniature spaceships, crocodile armies, boogers the size of boulders, and whatever other oddities the imaginative local kids happen to dream up. Who would have thought that the real trouble would start once the grown-ups in town get their hands on the mysterious rock? With the situation quickly spiraling out of control, it's up to
Toe and his friends to save the townspeople from themselves by proving to them that the things you wish for may not actually be the best things for you.
Jon Cryer,
William H. Macy,
Leslie Mann, and
James Spader co-star.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
;)
